anvil

Scientists recently used a diamond anvil like this one to squeeze tiny samples of metallic glass.

最近，科学家用一种像图中所示的菱形铁砧来压制金属玻璃的小样品。

A senior civil servant in Morocco laments that his country is “between the hammer and the anvil” of Africa and Europe.

一位摩洛哥高级文职官员不无惋惜地表示，自己的国家是身处非洲和欧洲的"锤砧之间"。

Nut-cracking, for example, is a complex skill that involves placing a nut between an anvil stone and a hammer stone and coordinating the movements to hit the nut just right.

例如，弄碎坚果是一项复杂的技能，需要将坚果放在石砧和石锤之间，然后调整动作以恰当的方式击打坚果。